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A California mother of two who vanished nearly a month ago was found safe and in stable condition near Yolo in what family members are saying is a Thanksgiving beyond belief.
Sherri Papini has been reunited with her husband, Keith, and received medical care at a Sacramento-area hospital on Thanksgiving morning. Shasta County sheriffs officials said shes also interviewed by detectives from their major crimes unit.
Family members previously said they believed the 34-year-old Papini was abducted. They called her a super mom who would never abandon her family.
Papini disappeared Nov. 2 after leaving home to jog near the town of Mountain Gate. Her cellphone and headphones were found near the site where she was last seen.
Yolo County Sheriff Ed Prieto told The Democrat Papini was discovered by a passing truck driver on northbound Interstate-5 and County Road 17, near the town of Yolo, four miles north of Woodland.
She had been left by the side of the freeway, Prieto said. He didnt know the exact time she was found but said it was before the sun was up, probably between 5 and 6 a.m. He said his office was notified around 7:30 or 8 a.m.